Transport for London (TfL) services are set to operate differently on Boxing Day 2024. Services on the Elizabeth Line, which runs to Brentwood and Shenfield in Essex, will be very different. There will also be a swathe of changes to Overground services. On the Overground, there will be no trains …
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Brentwood’s annual garden and flower competition could be coming back more than eight years after it was last held. Brentwood Council has agreed to work with the new Business Improvement District manager and Chamber of Commerce to look at options to support a new Brentwood in Bloom initiative. The Brentwood …
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An Essex subpostmaster among those falsely accused of theft, fraud and false accounting has told an inquiry he “contemplated suicide” after being left with a bill of £17,000 due to flaws within the Post Office system. Between 2000 and 2014, more than 700 subpostmasters and subpostmistresses (SPMs) were prosecuted based …
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